18 Face DWI Charges In Hudson Valley During Four-Day Stretch

New York State Police troopers busted more than a dozen Hudson Valley motorists over the weekend for allegedly driving while intoxicated on drugs or alcohol.

Zak Failla

12/15/2017 4:30 a.m.

During a stretch between Friday, Dec. 8 and Monday, Dec. 11, state police arrested 15 people for drinking and driving, and another three for drug possession throughout the Hudson Valley.

Among those facing charges:

On Dec. 8, troopers from Wappinger arrested Wappingers Falls resident Robert Himics, 61, in Fishkill after he committed a vehicle and traffic violation. During the stop, it was determined that Himics was impaired by alcohol and he was arrested for driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor.
On Dec. 8, troopers from Wappinger arrested Wappingers Falls resident Eric Bulinski, 30, in Wappinger after he committed a vehicle and traffic violation. Further investigation determined that he was impaired by drugs and he was arrested for driving while intoxicated.
On Dec. 8, troopers from Rhinebeck arrested Poughkeepsie resident John Thomas, 48, in Poughkeepsie after he committed a vehicle and traffic violation. During the stop, it was determined that Thomas was impaired by alcohol and he was arrested for driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor.
On Dec. 8, troopers from Cortlandt arrested Cortlandt resident Patricia Reda, 53, in Cortlandt after she committed a vehicle and traffic violation. During the stop, it was determined that Reda was impaired by alcohol and she was arrested for driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor.
On Dec. 8, troopers from Poughkeepsie arrested Poughkeepsie resident Justin Cardascia, 29, on Route 379 after he committed a vehicle and traffic violation. During the stop, it was determined that Cardascia was impaired by alcohol and he was arrested for driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor.
On Dec. 9, troopers from Hawthorne arrested Wappingers Falls resident Carlos Peguero, 37, on Route 9 in Croton-on-Hudson after he committed a vehicle and traffic violation. During the stop, it was determined that Peguero was impaired by alcohol and he was arrested for driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor.
A Danbury, Conn. man was busted for DWI and drug possession on I-84 in Putnam County.
On Dec. 9, troopers from Poughkeepsie arrested a woman from Virginia after she was busted drinking and driving in the city.
On Dec. 9, troopers from Cortlandt arrested Buchanan resident Lance Perlmutter, 22, on Route 6 in Cortlandt after he committed a vehicle and traffic violation. During the stop, it was determined that Perlmutter was impaired by alcohol and he was arrested for driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor.
On Dec. 9, troopers from Hawthorne arrested Cortlandt resident Edison Vele, 27, in Cortlandt after he committed a vehicle and traffic violation. During the stop, it was determined that Vele was impaired by alcohol and he was arrested for driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor.
Brooklyn resident Akita Ashley, 25, was arrested for driving while intoxicated after being involved in a motor vehicle crash on I-684 in Bedford.
On Dec. 9, troopers from LaGrange arrested Pleasant Valley resident Robert Schultz, 59, in LaGrange after he committed a vehicle and traffic violation. During the stop, it was determined that Schultz was impaired by alcohol and he was arrested for driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor.
On Dec. 10, troopers from Hawthorne arrested Putnam Valley resident Daniel Kaufmann, 48, in Putnam Valley after he was involved in a motor vehicle crash. During the investigation, it was determined that Kaufmann was impaired by alcohol and he was arrested for driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor.
On Dec. 10, troopers from Brewster arrested Dover resident Kevin Moore, 28, on Route 22 in Patterson after he committed a vehicle and traffic violation. During the investigation, it was determined that Moore was impaired by alcohol and he was arrested for driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor.
On Dec. 10, troopers from Wappinger arrested Beekman resident Jorge Ozuna Palma, 31, on in Wappinger after he committed a vehicle and traffic violation. During the investigation, it was determined that Palma was impaired by alcohol and he was arrested for driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor.
On Dec. 10, troopers from LaGrange arrested Poughkeepsie resident Anthony Hewitt, 34, in LaGrange after he committed a vehicle and traffic violation. During the investigation, it was determined that Hewitt was impaired by alcohol and he was arrested for driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor.
On Dec. 11, troopers from Brewster arrested North Salem resident Juan Acosta-Ramos, 23, on Route 6 in Southeast after he committed a vehicle and traffic violation. During the investigation, it was determined that Acosta-Ramos was impaired by alcohol and he was arrested for driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor.
On Dec. 11, troopers from Poguhkeepsie arrested Poughkeepsie resident Marco Incovaia, 45, in Poughkeepsie after he committed a vehicle and traffic violation. During the investigation, it was determined that Incorvaia was impaired by alcohol and he was arrested for driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor.

Each person arrested for driving while intoxicated are due back in court later this year to answer the charges.

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